page_title: Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Brautporträt von Markgraf Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach und Prinzessin Friederike Luise von Preußen von Antoine Pesne. Berlin, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser, Schloss Charlottenburg. English: Portrait of Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1712-1757) and his wife Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia (1714-1784)
context_page_description: Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia was a daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
context_section_description: After the death of her older sister Charlotte Albertine (1713–1714), she was given special consideration and was allowed to grow up as she pleased. Her sister Wilhelmine of Bayreuth describes her in her memoirs as possessing a "capricious and petty nature". However, she also praised her talent and  beauty.
  Her marriage was arranged by her mother-in-law, the regent of Ansbach, and her father, who wished to gain influence in Ansbach.
  Her brother, King Frederick II, extended her appanage and received in return a regiment of soldiers from Ansbach.
  The marriage was not happy; her spouse Karl Wilhelm Friedrich was known as "The wild margrave". He even remarked to King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia that he had cheated by the marriage. Even on the trip to Ansbach in June 1729 for her wedding, Luise Friederike was suffering from symptoms of the metabolic disease porphyria. She suffered from nausea, vomiting and faintings during which she was "dead as it seemed". Her spouse claimed she was lame and had bad teeth. Initially, he would not sleep with her. Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia commented on the marriage in February 1732 in these terms: "My sister and her husband the Ansbacher hate each other like fire." (»... ma soeur d'Anspac et son mari qui se Mr. haïssent comme le feu. ") At a window in the family room of the Ansbacher Residenz, she scratched this plea with a diamond in the glass:" Je souffre sans oser le dire. " (I suffer without daring to say it.)
  At the birth of her son, Friederike Louise was given Hofmark Unterschwaningen as a residence. However, the Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich August died on 9 May 1737. The Margrave and the whole court blamed Friederike Louise for his death. She separated from her spouse and lived more and more in the seclusion of Unterschwaningen, which she expanded artistically. Friederike Louise did not return to Ansbach until she became a widow in 1757. Her unhappiness was further compounded by the refusal of her surviving son to see or acknowledge her.
caption: Wedding portrait of Friederike Luise and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (Antoine Pesne, 1729)
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